prodigality[noun]Synonyms: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, overdoing, squander, unthrift, waste, wastefulness
Antonyms: parsimoniousness
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
prod·i·gal·i·ty (pr
ŏd
ĭ-găl
ĭ-tē)
n. pl. prod·i·gal·i·ties ► Extravagant wastefulness.
► Profuse generosity.
► Extreme abundance; lavishness.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲
prodigality [Middle English
prodigalite, from Old French, from Late Latin
prōdigālitās, from Latin
prōdigus,
prodigal, from
prōdigere,
drive away, to squander :
prōd-, prō-,
for, forth; see
proud +
agere,
to drive; see
ag- in Indo-European Roots.]
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲